2012년 9월 16일 연중 제24주월요일
제1독서
코린토 1서.11,17-26.33
형제 여러분, 17 내가 지시하려는 문제와 관련해서는 여러분을 칭찬할 수가 없습니다. 여러분의 모임이 이익이 아니라, 해를 끼치기 때문입니다.
18 우선, 여러분이 교회 모임을 가질 때에 여러분 가운데에 분열이 있다는 말이 들리는데, 나는 그것이 어느 정도 사실이라고 믿습니다. 19 하기야 여러분 가운데에 분파도 있어야 참된 이들이 드러날 것입니다.
20 그렇지만 여러분이 한데 모여서 먹는 것은 주님의 만찬이 아닙니다. 21 그것을 먹을 때, 저마다 먼저 자기 것으로 저녁 식사를 하기 때문에, 어떤 이는 배가 고프고, 어떤 이는 술에 취합니다.
22 여러분은 먹고 마실 집이 없다는 말입니까? 아니면, 하느님의 교회를 업신여기고, 가진 것 없는 이들을 부끄럽게 하려는 것입니까? 내가 여러분에게 무슨 말을 해야 하겠습니까? 여러분을 칭찬해야 하겠습니까? 이 점에서는 칭찬할 수가 없습니다.
23 사실 나는 주님에게서 받은 것을 여러분에게도 전해 주었습니다. 곧, 주 예수님께서는 잡히시던 날 밤에 빵을 들고 24 감사를 드리신 다음, 그것을 떼어 주시며 말씀하셨습니다. “이는 너희를 위한 내 몸이다. 너희는 나를 기억하여 이를 행하여라.”
25 또 만찬을 드신 뒤에, 같은 모양으로 잔을 들어 말씀하셨습니다. “이 잔은 내 피로 맺는 새 계약이다. 너희는 이 잔을 마실 때마다 나를 기억하여 이를 행하여라.”
26 사실 주님께서 오실 때까지, 여러분은 이 빵을 먹고 이 잔을 마실 적마다 주님의 죽음을 전하는 것입니다.
33 그러므로 나의 형제 여러분, 여러분이 만찬을 먹으려고 모일 때에는 서로 기다려 주십시오.
복음
루카. 7,1-10
1 예수님께서는 백성에게 들려주시던 말씀들을 모두 마치신 다음, 카파르나움에 들어가셨다.
2 마침 어떤 백인대장의 노예가 병들어 죽게 되었는데, 그는 주인에게 소중한 사람이었다. 3 이 백인대장이 예수님의 소문을 듣고 유다인의 원로들을 그분께 보내어, 와서 자기 노예를 살려 주십사고 청하였다.
4 이들이 예수님께 다가와 이렇게 말하며 간곡히 청하였다. “그는 선생님께서 이 일을 해 주실 만한 사람입니다. 5 그는 우리 민족을 사랑할 뿐만 아니라, 우리에게 회당도 지어 주었습니다.” 6 그리하여 예수님께서 그들과 함께 가셨다.
그런데 백인대장의 집에서 그리 멀지 않은 곳에 이르셨을 때, 백인대장이 친구들을 보내어 예수님께 아뢰었다.
“주님, 수고하실 것 없습니다. 저는 주님을 제 지붕 아래로 모실 자격이 없습니다. 7 그래서 제가 주님을 찾아뵙기에도 합당하지 않다고 여겼습니다. 그저 말씀만 하시어, 제 종이 낫게 해 주십시오.
8 사실 저는 상관 밑에 매인 사람입니다만, 제 밑으로도 군사들이 있어서, 이 사람에게 가라 하면 가고, 저 사람에게 오라 하면 옵니다. 또 제 노예더러 이것을 하라 하면 합니다.”
9 이 말을 들으시고 예수님께서는 백인대장에게 감탄하시며, 당신을 따르는 군중에게 돌아서서 말씀하셨다. “내가 너희에게 말한다. 나는 이스라엘에서 이런 믿음을 본 일이 없다.”
10 심부름 왔던 이들이 집에 돌아가 보니, 노예는 이미 건강한 몸이 되어 있었다.
Monday, September 17, 2012 Daily Mass Reading
September 17, 2012
Monday of the Twenty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time
Reading 1
1 Cor 11:17-26, 33
Brothers and sisters:
In giving this instruction, I do not praise the fact
that your meetings are doing more harm than good.
First of all, I hear that when you meet as a Church
there are divisions among you,
and to a degree I believe it;
there have to be factions among you
in order that also those who are approved among you
may become known.
When you meet in one place, then,
it is not to eat the Lord's supper,
for in eating, each one goes ahead with his own supper,
and one goes hungry while another gets drunk.
Do you not have houses in which you can eat and drink?
Or do you show contempt for the Church of God
and make those who have nothing feel ashamed?
What can I say to you? Shall I praise you?
In this matter I do not praise you.
For I received from the Lord what I also handed on to you,
that the Lord Jesus, on the night he was handed over,
took bread and, after he had given thanks,
broke it and said, "This is my Body that is for you.
Do this in remembrance of me."
In the same way also the cup, after supper, saying,
"This cup is the new covenant in my Blood.
Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me."
For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup,
you proclaim the death of the Lord until he comes.
Therefore, my brothers and sisters,
when you come together to eat, wait for one another.
Responsorial Psalm
Ps 40:7-8a, 8b-9, 10, 17
R. (1 Cor 11:26b) Proclaim the death of the Lord until he comes again.
Sacrifice or oblation you wished not,
but ears open to obedience you gave me.
Burnt offerings or sin?offerings you sought not;
then said I, "Behold I come."
R. Proclaim the death of the Lord until he comes again.
"In the written scroll it is prescribed for me,
To do your will, O my God, is my delight,
and your law is within my heart!"
R. Proclaim the death of the Lord until he comes again.
I announced your justice in the vast assembly;
I did not restrain my lips, as you, O Lord, know.
R. Proclaim the death of the Lord until he comes again.
May all who seek you
exult and be glad in you
And may those who love your salvation
say ever, "The LORD be glorified."
R. Proclaim the death of the Lord until he comes again.
Gospel
Lk 7:1-10
When Jesus had finished all his words to the people,
he entered Capernaum.
A centurion there had a slave who was ill and about to die,
and he was valuable to him.
When he heard about Jesus, he sent elders of the Jews to him,
asking him to come and save the life of his slave.
They approached Jesus and strongly urged him to come, saying,
"He deserves to have you do this for him,
for he loves our nation and he built the synagogue for us."
And Jesus went with them,
but when he was only a short distance from the house,
the centurion sent friends to tell him,
"Lord, do not trouble yourself,
for I am not worthy to have you enter under my roof.
Therefore, I did not consider myself worthy to come to you;
but say the word and let my servant be healed.
For I too am a person subject to authority,
with soldiers subject to me.
And I say to one, 'Go,' and he goes;
and to another, 'Come here,' and he comes;
and to my slave, 'Do this,' and he does it."
When Jesus heard this he was amazed at him
and, turning, said to the crowd following him,
"I tell you, not even in Israel have I found such faith."
When the messengers returned to the house,
they found the slave in good health.
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unexpected things
A Roman officer asked Jesus to
heal his sick servant, saying,
"I'm not worthy that you come
into my house, just give the order.
Jesus praised the faith and cured
his servant.!" Luke 7:7,9
Cardinal Avery Dulles says:
"Jesus constantly does the most
unexpected things, revolution-
izing the accepted norms of con-
duct. He praises pagans and
prostitutes, draws near to
Samaritans and lepers.
He attacks the most respected
classes, and insults his hosts at
dinner. He finds time to welcome
little children. He rebukes the
wind and the waves, and falls
silent before his accusers. Men
would never have fabricated such
a religious leader, and precisely
for this reason the Gospels have
undying power to convert humble
hearts." Apologetics and the Biblical Christ
Which "unexpected thing" that
Jesus did surprises me most?
What might Jesus be saying to
me by this action?
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In our Gospel for today’s Liturgy, Jesus cures the servant of a centurion who was ill and about to die. The centurion sent some Jewish elders to Jesus to ask him to come and save the life of the servant. It is interesting to note the errors made by the elders in asking Jesus for this favor. The Gospel reads: “They approached Jesus and strongly urged him to come, saying, “He deserves to have you do this for him.”” The elders mistakenly believed, as do many of us, that the good we do makes us deserving and worthy of God’s favors. I hope we realize this is not so. We have said time after time that God’s grace is a freebie. We do not earn it, we do not deserve it. God gives it to all free of charge.
Once again, as in so many of Jesus’ healings, it is the faith of the person that gets Jesus’ attention, and in today’s Gospel Jesus didn’t even go to the servant to cure him.
Let us bring our needs before the Lord today. He will in some way make things better.
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I say to you, not even in Israel have I found such great faith
Today, we are faced with an interesting question. Why did the captain in the Gospel not personally approach Jesus but rather, sent messengers ahead with the request to heal his servant? The captain answers this question for us in the Gospel passage. «You see I didn't approach you myself. Just give the order and my servant will be healed» (Lk 7:7). The captain possessed the virtue of faith to believe that Jesus could work this miracle if it was in accord with his divine will. Faith allowed the captain to believe that no matter where Jesus was located He could heal the ill servant. The captain believed that no distance could prevent or stop the Christ from carrying out his work of salvation.
We are called to have that same faith in our own lives. There are times when we are tempted to think that Jesus is far away and not listening to our prayers. However, faith illumines our minds and hearts to believe that Jesus is always there to help us. In fact, the healing presence of Jesus in the Eucharist is a reminder that Jesus is always with us. St. Augustine, with eyes of faith, believed this reality: «What you see is the bread and the chalice; that is what your own eyes report to you. But what your faith obliges you to accept is that the bread is the Body of Christ and the chalice is the Blood of Christ». Faith illumines our minds to see that it is the very presence of Jesus in our midst. We like the captain say, «I am not worthy to welcome you under my roof» (Lk 7:6). Yet, we humble ourselves before our Lord and Savior and He still draws near to heal us. May we allow Jesus to enter our soul, under our roof, to heal and strengthen our faith so we may press on towards Eternal Life.
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I am not sure whether to be encouraged or discouraged by today’s first reading. Encouraged, because it reminds us that today’s struggles around the Eucharist are nothing new. Clearly they plagued the very first generation of Christians. Discouraged, because, 2,000 years later, we still don’t seem to have gotten it.
Vatican II clearly defined the Eucharist as constitutive of the Church. What that means is that we are Church precisely insofar as we are gathered around the table of the Lord, dying to self in our daily lives, bringing with us that daily dying so that it can be united with the perfect self-giving of Jesus. It’s a celebration of what we’re doing outside the church building, not primarily what we do inside. Eucharist is the intersection of time and eternity, where God’s timeless self-giving in Jesus meets and embraces our own and divinizes it. And if our own self-giving is not what we bring ? as was the case in Corinth that St. Paul criticizes ? then our “celebration” becomes a travesty.
We never do Eucharist as individuals. It’s never “Jesus and me”. It is a banquet in which, by our actions, we proclaim our solidarity with the poor, the marginalized, the forgotten of our world, and to which we are all welcome so long as we are willing to feast with everyone else. That’s why St. Paul was so incensed at the me-centeredness of his Corinthian converts. Their behavior betrayed the Eucharist in the very act of its celebration.
Today is the feast of St. John Chrysostom, who for a time was patriarch of Constantinople and who lived some 300 years after Paul penned these words. In one of his sermons he had something to say on this same issue:
Do you want to honor the body of Christ? Then do not despise his nakedness. You come to attend church services dressed in the finest silks which your wardrobe contains; and it is right that you should honor Christ in this way. But on your way, do you pass naked beggars in the streets? It is no good coming to the Lord’s table in fine silks, unless you also give clothes to the naked beggar ? because the body of that beggar is also the body of Christ. Do you want to honor the blood of Christ? Then do not ignore his thirst. You have donated beautiful gold chalices for the wine, which becomes a symbol of Christ’s blood; and it is right that you should honor Christ in this way. But on your way to services, you passed by beggars who pleaded for food and drink. It is no good putting gold chalices on the Lord’s table unless you give food and drink to the poor from your own tables. The service which we celebrate in church is a sham unless we put its symbolic meaning into practice outside its walls. Better that we do not come at all than we become hypocrites ? whose selfishness can only besmirch the Gospel in the eyes of others.
How sad! It seems that nothing had changed in those 300 years.
But surely, we’re beyond that sort of thing today! Aren’t we? Well, what is our reaction to the immigrants among us ? our fellow Christians, equal to us in every way at the Eucharistic table?
How does that emotionally charged issue come into the picture? Go back and reread Chrysostom, but substitute “immigrant” for “beggar”, or, even, “illegal immigrant”. . .
Both Vatican II and the Catechism of the Catholic Church clearly teach that, at Eucharist, the Real Presence is not confined to the bread and wine consecrated at Mass. Christ is really present first in the assembly gathered to join in and thank God for Jesus’ self-giving. Do we approach those assembled with the same awe and reverence with which we approach the consecrated host? In this we too often fail, just as did the Corinthians. Nathan Mitchell, a distinguished liturgical theologian, in his book, “Real Presence”, stresses that Eucharist is, at its very core, a revolutionary act ? a radical political ? yes political ? statement that the present socioeconomic order is not as God wants it to be ? that it is changing, and that, in our celebration, we prefigure what it will be some day. You can see why authentic Eucharist is never “Jesus and me”.
Doing Eucharist this way puts us in jeopardy. Recall that Chrysostom was deposed on trumped up charges by his fellow bishops and martyred by them. (True, the church doesn’t actually designate him “martyr”. It seems one needed to have been killed by the evil pagans to earn that title.)
Discouraged? Dispirited? Yes, I could be, if it were not for Jesus’ assurance that we have His Spirit to see us through these recurring betrayals of the Gospel.
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"But say the word, and let my servant be healed."
Do you seek God with confidence and pray with expectant faith? A Roman official boldly sought Jesus with a daring request. What made him confident that Jesus would receive his request and act favorably towards him? Like a true soldier, he knew the power of command. And he saw in Jesus both the power and the mercy of God to heal and restore life. In the Roman world the position of centurion was very important. He was an officer in charge of a hundred soldiers. In a certain sense, he was the backbone of the Roman army, the cement which held the army together. Polybius, an ancient write, describes what a centurion should be: "They must not be so much venturesome seekers after danger as men who can command, steady in action, and reliable; they ought not to be over-anxious to rush into the fight, but when hard pressed, they must be ready to hold their ground, and die at their posts."
The centurion who approached Jesus was not only courageous, but faith-filled as well. He risked the ridicule of his cronies by seeking help from an itinerant preacher from Galilee, and well as mockery from the Jews. Nonetheless, he approached Jesus with confidence and humility. Augustine notes that the centurion regarded himself as unworthy to receive the Lord into his house: "Humility was the door through which the Lord entered to take full possession of one whom he already possessed." The centurion was an extraordinary man because he loved his slave. In the Roman world slaves were treated like animals rather than people. The centurion was also an extraordinary man of faith. He believed that Jesus had the power to heal his beloved slave. Jesus commends him for his faith and immediately grants him his request. Are you willing to suffer ridicule in the practice of your faith? And when you need help, do you approach the Lord Jesus with expectant faith?
"Heavenly Father, you sent us your Son that we might be freed from the tyranny of sin and death. Increase my faith in the power of your saving word and give me freedom to love and serve others with generosity and mercy as you have loved me."
Psalm 28
1 To thee, O LORD, I call; my rock, be not deaf to me, lest, if thou be silent to me, I become like those who go down to the Pit.
2 Hear the voice of my supplication, as I cry to thee for help, as I lift up my hands toward thy most holy sanctuary.
3 Take me not off with the wicked, with those who are workers of evil, who speak peace with their neighbors, while mischief is in their hearts.
4 Requite them according to their work, and according to the evil of their deeds; requite them according to the work of their hands; render them their due reward.
5 Because they do not regard the works of the LORD, or the work of his hands, he will break them down and build them up no more.
6 Blessed be the LORD! for he has heard the voice of my supplications.
7 The LORD is my strength and my shield; in him my heart trusts; so I am helped, and my heart exults, and with my song I give thanks to him.
8 The LORD is the strength of his people, he is the saving refuge of his anointed.
9 O save thy people, and bless thy heritage; be thou their shepherd, and carry them for ever.
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Lord, do not trouble yourself, for I am not worthy to have you enter under my roof. . . .
At Mass, before we are to receive our Lord's body, we say, "Lord, I am not worthy to receive you, but only say the word and I shall be healed." There is a lot of education that we received in the years of our youth that we may not realize; it can control our actions. We were trained to say the correct things at the right time, without hesitation. When you are standing before the Lord and say those words before receiving Communion, do we seize the moment and deeply reflect on what we have just stated before God and all who are present? The centurion did, and Jesus noted it to the crowd following Him and said, "I tell you, not even in Israel have I found such faith."
Lord, let it be found in me, in my words and statements, the faith you seek.
~ Deacon James W. Chaufty
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We see the principle of cause and effect all around us. I can see the results of my actions and words. There is a cause and effect in military life: as in the Gospel today, the centurion commands his soldiers, and they do that he commands. Faith is experiencing and understanding the effects in my life that are caused by God's word. Only the power of God's gift in Christ and grace’s progressive process of healing could cause a real sharing in God's life. That I invite the Lord into my life for healing is itself an effect caused by the power of Christ moving me. Jesus comes at our invitation and his word heals. In prayer I cooperate with grace and express the invitation to Jesus to possess me by giving over my consciousness and volition to his Spirit. Jesus effects change in the deepest levels of my being. “I, too, Lord, know how authority changes things. Speak but the word and my soul shall be healed. I am unworthy that you enter under my roof but come and dwell within me by the power of your Holy Spirit. I will be quiet in that Presence and will not be afraid for you are with me.”
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The focus of this story is different from that of Luke's earlier miracle accounts. Here the miracle itself is not the focus, since it is mentioned only very briefly at the end. Instead, the stress is on the centurion’s attitude.
The centurion shows great sensitivity and courtesy. As a Gentile he did not presume to come to Jesus himself, but sent Jewish elders to speak for him. Later, he showed that he was sensitive to the fact that Jews were forbidden to enter a Gentile house. The centurion’s request shows that Jesus was becoming known to people in surprising places and from different backgrounds. Jesus readily acceded to his request. As for Paul, so for Jesus: there is neither Jew nor Gentile in Christ (Galatians 3:28).
Jesus was “amazed” at him. Matthew’s account of the incident uses the same word (8:10). He praised the “faith” of this Gentile: a thing that must have been even more amazing to his hearers. Today we would not be so surprised; we esteem religious tolerance very highly. This is surely a positive development in itself, but you have to wonder if sometimes it is because we care less about religion. The test of tolerance is whether we can be tolerant about things that matter profoundly to us. This is positive tolerance. There is a kind of neutral tolerance that amounts only to indifference. Then there is intolerance. This can become as passionate as a religion: it can become a kind of perverted religion, as we now have every reason to know. We don’t even have to go further afield than our own religion to see signs of it. There is a growing polarization of Catholics, with a lot of intolerance on both sides.
We have to reach back to deeper sources of healing for this. Julian of Norwich made a point of great interest: we ought to hate sin, she said, as God hates it. God loves the sinner, even while hating sin. Applying this, we can say: no matter how profoundly we disagree with someone, we should still more profoundly love them.
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